But lest you be offended by the idea of Americans going to North Korea to entertain an evil leader while his people starve and are subject to a brutal and inhumane system of gulags and repression, Rodman had some thoughts.

7. So apparently if this guy…

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8. Dressed more like this…

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It would have been totally fine for Americans to go entertain him during the height of the Soviet Union’s brutal purges.

10. (Also, I for one was shocked that this guy felt the need to utter the words “I’m not a politician.”)